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dealing with Gordian knots

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Posted by late on November 13, 1999 at 18:56:16

In Reply to: yet another failed attempt posted by Mart on November 10, 1999 at 22:03:19:

hi Mart,
even if you had the $ to get a tubed HT i would strongly advise against it. HT speakers look like stereo speakers, they ain't ( especially from your P.O.V). The whole theater deal operates from a different set of assumptions than what you are used to. As a big fan of Tomlinson Holman,
i see this as a good thing.
but... it leaves you with the same choices i brought up some weeks ago in a similar thread.
1) clearly the best choice is 2 systems in different rooms.
2) accept the compromises inherent in grafting a HT on a stereo
3) just say no... use the stereo, skip surround sound
in a much smaller way, i struggled with the same problem. Most of what i did, to create a HT that could do music, and theatre, wound up compromising
one side of the equation to favor the other. You have learned a great deal
about stereos, circuits, and stuff. I suggest the place for you to start is to learn what Holman had in mind when he created the set of standards called THX. While there is a lot to certification, the idea is pretty simple: flat frequency response, sufficent dynamic range and loudness.
Surround the audience with speakers. By and large, stereo speakers are not flat in their freq. response (they don't sound very good that way), dynamic
range and bass are often sacrificed to create ambiance, and of course, only 2 speakers are used instead of 6 or more. The end result is to create product that is just plain different, and to a degree incompatible, with
our traditional approach to sound reproduction.
a friend,
late

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